Mass Balance of the Cryosphere : Observations and Modelling of Contemporary and Future Changes (Paperback)

1. Introduction and background Jonathan L. Bamber and Antony J. Payne; Part I. Observational Techniques and Methods: 2. In situ measurement techniques: land ice Jon Ove Hagen and Niels Reeh; 3. In situ measurement techniques: sea ice Peter Wadhams; 4. Remote sensing measurement techniques Jonathan L. Bamber and Ron Kwok; Part II. Modelling Techniques and Methods: 5. Modelling land ice surface mass balance Wouter Greuell and Christophe Genthon; 6. Modelling land ice dynamics Kees van der Veen and Anthony J. Payne; 7. Modelling sea ice dynamics William D. Hibler, III; Part III. The Mass Balance of Sea Ice: 8. Sea ice observations Seymour Laxon, Ola Johannessen, Martin Miles, Peter Wadhams and John E. Walsh; 9. Sea-ice modelling Gregory M. Flato; Part IV. The Mass Balance of the Ice Sheets: 10. Greenland: recent mass-balance observations Robert H. Thomas and the PARCA investigators; 11. Greenland: modelling Roderik van der Wal; 12. Mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet: observational aspects Charles Bentley; 13. Antarctica: modelling Philippe Huybrechts; Part V. The Mass Balance of Ice Caps and Glaciers: 14. Arctic ice caps and glaciers Julian Dowdeswell; 15. Glaciers and ice caps: historical background and strategies of worldwide monitoring Wilfried Haeberli; 16. Glaciers and the study of climate and sea-level change Mark Dyurgerov and Mark Meier; 17. Conclusions, summary and outlook Jonathan L. Bamber and Antony J. Payne.